◇ Semifinal ◇ 2nd ◇ Tokyo Chichibu Palace Rugby Stadium
Tenri University (1st in Kansai), aiming for the first victory of the long-cherished desire, decided to advance to the final for the first time in two tournaments. He was humiliated 41-15 to Meidai (1st in the Kanto match) who lost in the final two seasons ago. Since 1984, when he won the championship for the third time in a row, he won the championship for the first time in 36 Kansai tournaments.
At that time, with director Setsuo Komatsu (57), who was in the first year of the same university, he will aim for the top in the third final as Tenri University. Waseda University (2nd place in the competition), aiming for the second straight victory, defeated Teikyo University (4th place) 33-27. The final on the 11th (Tokyo National Stadium) was a meeting between Tenri University and Waseda University.
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Tenri University’s sword echoed in the winter sky of Chichibumiya. In the 36th minute of the first half of the 7-point lead, considering the struggle in the lineout, the penalty in front of the opponent’s goal was haste. He took the initiative in Rock Moara’s try. Captain Flanker Matsuoka said, “I think everyone’s victory.” Komatsu, who was in office for the 26th season, was calm.
“I’m glad I won, but I’m grateful that I can play another match aiming for the best in Japan.”
It is the best door in Japan that the Kansai group has not opened for a long time. Waseda University, which advanced to the final, has a connection that has passed more than 30 years. Director Komatsu, who finished his two-year study abroad program in France in 1984, when the university, which included the late Seiji Hirao and Atsushi Oyagi, won the championship for the third time in a row, is enrolled in the first grade. In the second year, he was prevented from winning the same university for four consecutive years in the first match. In the 4th year when he started in CTB, he played in the final. Kiyomiya, Imaizumi and others succumbed to the starting enemy 10-19. Since then, the Kansai forces have not even reached the final until Tenri University in 2011.
In 1993, Tenri University, where Director Komatsu went as a coach, was in the Kansai C League (3rd division). Until just before the practice, I saw a member who was biting on the TV in the club room and thought, “I don’t know the joy of winning. I’m sorry.” Two years later, in 1925 (Dai 14), even if he led the old man of Sobe, he was told by the people around him that he should not go to the alumni association. The university that advanced from Tenri High School is the same university. I felt “outside” and said, “I didn’t know when I was told to quit, but in my case I was at the bottom, so maybe it was good.” He patiently conveyed the fun of rugby and led him to the A-League promotion in his seventh year in office.
Honest guidance attracted people. Students such as Yatsuhashi Osamu BK coach who entered the school in the first year of coaching and was also active in Kobe Steel as a former representative of Japan are now in the leadership team. “I want you to come back” and “I want to come back.” Foreign students also lent the university grounds when Japan Aviation High School Ishikawa made his first appearance at Hanazono in 2005. International students speak Japanese and become junior big brothers in the dormitory system. Director Komatsu says, “I have never been to Tonga or Fiji to look for (international students). We have no special treatment and are friends, not helpers.”
8 days until the early war, when he lost in the semifinals last season. The general swore before the confrontation of the fate.
“I want to think about winning there again and prepare well.”
It’s time to change history on the national stage.[Wataru Matsumoto]
○… In response to the request from the government to issue a state of emergency for the spread of the new coronavirus infection in the Tokyo metropolitan area, there is a possibility that it will affect the final on the 11th. Tenri University, which experienced an outbreak in August last year, grasped the situation after the match. On top of that, Captain Flanker Matsuoka said, “No matter what, I can take on the challenge of going to the final. I want to be well prepared and have a winning mindset.”
◆ Three consecutive victories at Doshisha University, led by Hitoshi Oka (deceased), achieved the number one university in Japan for the first time in two tournaments in 1982. The final defeated Waseda 18-6. The final in 1983 overwhelmed Nippon Sport Science University with 31-7. In the final of 1984, he defeated Keio University 10-6 and won the first three consecutive titles in history. The following year, in 1985, Waseda University was 3-32 in the first match, and could not win the fourth straight victory.
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